Lebanese Mourn Slain Journalist

Published: June 4, 2005

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Photos: Lebanese journalists held pens yesterday as symbols of freedom of the press during a one-hour sit-in in Martyrs' Square in Beirut. They were mourning Samir Kassir, a leading columnist and critic of Syria who died when his car blew up. At right, an F.B.I. agent collected evidence from the wrecked car in the inquiry, for which the government requested forensic assistance. (Photographs by Hussein Malla/Associated Press)